Eureka Carpark Illusion

Interesting illusion of letters on the walls at the Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne that can be read perfectly at certain angles while looking distorted at other angles. Similar project are the Cardiff Bay and 3D room paint optical illusions. This car park project won several international design awards.

4 more pics of the Eureka carpark illusion after the jump.

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Underwater Pool In Art Museum At Kanazawa City-Amazing Japanese Fake Pool

 Fake swimming pool art installation in an art museum at Kanazawa City by Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich. There are replicas all over the worlds and people underneath the swimming pool can actually look above where it is covered with a piece of glass with realistic water effect on top of it. Check out 7 more pics as well as 1 videoclip after the jump.

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The Sultan’s Elephant

 The Sultan’s Elephant is one of the biggest piece of free theater and it stopped the traffic and captivated everyone who saw it. An earlier post, ‘The Giant Girl Doll‘ is a part of the Sultan’s Elephant show as well. The elephant is made mostly of wood and operated by over ten puppeteers using a mixture of hydraulics and motors. Weighing as much as 7 elephants, a replica was built in Nantes France in 2007. A spectacle on a huge scale, this is one of the most stunning shows which is created by the Royal de Luxe – a French mechanical marionette street theater company. Check out 10 more pics of the Sultan’s Elephant after the jump.

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Melting Building Mural

 This melting building mural is located in Georges V Ave. in Paris France. Trompe-l’oeil is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects really exist, instead of being just two-dimensional paintings. The name is derived from French for “trick the eye”, from tromper – to deceive and l’oeil – the eye.

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Rice Field Art In Japan

Every year, farmers in the rural town Inakadate, Japan creates rice field art by using red rice in with their regular rice in special patterns. A few others fields in rural Japan also followed the trend of this beautiful rice field art.

Check out different stages of the rice field art from start to harvesting with 16 more pics after the jump.

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Giant Fried Egg Sculptures In Netherlands

 Artist Henk Hofstra who was inspired by his breakfast created these public art display of giant fried egg sculptures in Leeuwarden Netherlands which will remain in the city square for the next five months. His works has been a hit with the public and one commentator hoped the eggs would be picked up by Google Maps

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